Friday, October 19, 2012

Overheard: In China, working at an abortion clinic one of "the best ways to make an income"

And Sheng Keyi, who in her novel “Northern Girls” wrote about the
lives of Chinese migrant women seeking jobs in cities like Shenzhen in
the south, addressed the issue last year at a book fair in Beijing.

“About
70 or 80 percent of migrant worker girls in Shenzhen have probably had
abortions,” she said. “I remember hearing that working in a
gynecological hospital in Shenzhen was one of the best ways to make an
income, because there was such a regular supply of abortions to be done.
Millions and millions. It is very common.”